1960 AFC Asian Cup
The 1960 AFC Asian Cup was the 2nd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by South Korea from 14 October to 23 October 1960. The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country South Korea won with a perfect record of three wins.
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As in the 1st edition of the competition, the tournament kept the unusual arrangement of 80 minutes games.
Venues
Seoul | |
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Hyochang Stadium | |
Capacity: 15,194 | |
Qualification
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Qualified
Did not qualify
Withdrew before playing any matches
Did not enter
Not an AFC member
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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Hosts | N/A | 1 (1956) |
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Central Zone winners | 13 May 1959 | 1 (1956) |
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Eastern zone winners | 3 April 1959 | 0 (debut) |
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Western Zone winners | 17 December 1959 | 1 (1956) |
Squads
Results
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Fourth place |
South Korea ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Cho Yoon-ok ![]() Woo Sang-kwon ![]() Choi Chung-min ![]() Moon Jung-sik ![]() |
Nguyễn Văn Tu ![]() |
Attendance: 30,000
South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Cho Yoon-ok ![]() Woo Sang-kwon ![]() |
South Vietnam ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Trần Văn Nhung ![]() |
R. Levi ![]() Stelmach ![]() S. Levi ![]() Menchel ![]() Aharonskind ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000
Israel ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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S. Levi ![]() |
Winners
1960 AFC Asian Cup winners |
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![]() South Korea Second title |
Goalscorers
With four goals, Cho Yoon-Ok is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal